Probity Issue No. 98 - October 2017

Michelangelo's "David" Returns Home

​After a two-year loan to the United States, Michelangelo's David is being returned to Italy.This cultural event was jointly sponsored by:

The Homecoming picture!

Bilingual Bungle

The translation reads:

"I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated"

One noteworthy fact about Europe's current political leadership ...

Emmanuel Macron, recently elected French president, has no childrenGerman chancellor Angela Merkel has no children.British prime minister Theresa May has no children.Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has no children.Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has no children.Holland’s Mark Rutte has no children,Sweden’s Stefan Löfven has no children,Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel has no children,Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon has no children.Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, has no children.

Conclusion:- a grossly disproportionate number of the people making decisions about Europe’s future don't have any direct personal stake in that future.​

Take Note ...

Editors Crossword No.16

​Your Editor will donate £10 to the charity of choice of the sender of the first correct solution drawn out of the hat during our December meeting. ​(Ed is away during November) Closing date 30th November.

​​Across1. How he found he was to rule? (6)5. Uncompromising manner of first man to meet fancy lost female. (8) 9&8d. Academic question - shall green ivy continue, without working? (10,9)10. Side entry for 9/8d (4)11. Directions (one lost) to second-rate jewellery? Balls! (8)12. Square fish does this to line. (6)13. Fuzzy-sounding computer interface. (4)15. Sound of people taking the air? (8)18. I get very hot and excited if in Rome. (2,2,4)19. Old, in spite of damage done when young. (4)21. Railway company cut economy-fare to Welsh town. (6)23. Dressed for dinner in New York, perhaps? (8)25. Journalist takes notes on the periphery. (4)26. Building site with moat around north-east? (10)27. Refused, ant's partner looked strained! (8)28. Wish Sir was in the river. (6)